The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, August 28, 2003

Should PF subscribers take the Varishtha bait?
THE recent announcement by the Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) that subscribers can withdraw up to 90 per cent of the accruals to invest in LIC's Varishtha Pension Bima Yojana (VPBJ) is tempting, but the ... More

COMPANY LAW

Repairs at the top of corporate ladder
S. Kannan and V. S. Sowrirajan examine clauses of the Companies (Amendment) Bill, 2003 relating to directors. More

EDITORIAL

Pre-Cancun ploughing
IT IS INCREASINGLY clear that agriculture, which forms the backbone of the WTO negotiations, can either ruin the Cancun ministerial meeting next month or make possible the attainment of the Doha Development Agenda. No wonder the flurry of ... More

AUDITING

A battle of pots and kettles
IN THE article `Wasted Vitriolic in White Paper' (Business Line, July 24), the author, a senior partner in the Indian arm of a foreign multinational audit firm, expressed the view that the report by a group of ... More

ACCOUNTANCY

Safety net against share premium
There is no reason why a company collecting premium and whose shares are quoted at discount vis-à-vis the offer price, should not be enjoined to cough up interest to the investors, says S. Murlidharan More

Soul searcher
Peter Switzer on how critical it is to be ethical — especially for CAs More

From a sinner to a priest
COMPANY failures make for great stories, though not their resurrections. That WorldCom fell like a giant stirred much dust — with all the drama of scandals such as the `$10 billion plus' accounting irregularities, ... More

BEVERAGES

Soft-drinks, hard lessons
IS THE Government report a complete vindication of the soft-drink makers, whose products the Centre for Science and Environment said contained high levels of pesticides? Regardless of the claims and counters, the jury ... More

WTO

Cancun: Heavy mantle on Jaitley
At Cancun where WTO Trade Ministers meet to take stock of the headway made in the Doha Development Agenda, the Commerce Minister, Mr Arun Jaitley, faces a heavy responsibility in taking forward the achievements of his predecessor, Mr Murasoli Maran, who effectively voiced the concerns of the developing world at Doha, says G. Srinivasan. More

FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

Do we need development finance institutions?
TIME has come for the Government to decide whether it sees a role for development financial institutions (DFIs) in the new environment or if it would like to see them all converted into universal banks. The time has ... More

LETTERS

Mumbai blasts

Maruti Udyog clarifies

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